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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?
(a) Gazpacho.
(b) Galapogas.
(c) Gauchos.
(d) Groucho.

2. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?
(a) Subject matter.
(b) Author's names.
(c) Time period.
(d) Genre.

3. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.
(a) Repository.
(b) Requirement.
(c) Backbone.
(d) Border.

4. Who is the author of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?
(a) George Meredith.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Anothony Trollope.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

5. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
(a) Austen.
(b) Stein.
(c) Scheherade.
(d) Bronte.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?

2. What does Forster believe a good novel is "sogged with"?

3. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?

4. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.

5. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

(see the answer key)

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